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successively

[suhk-ses-iv-lee] / səkˈsɛs ɪv li /
ADVERB
apiece
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aside individually respectively separately
WEAK
a pop all for each from each one by one per severally singly to each
Antonyms
STRONGEST
together
ADVERB
consecutively
Synonyms
WEAK
continuously in succession progressively sequentially serially
ADVERB
frequently
Synonyms
STRONGEST
again and again generally intermittently many times often periodically regularly time and again usually
STRONG
oft oftentimes ofttimes
WEAK
as a rule at regular intervals at short intervals at times by ordinary customarily every now and then habitually in many instances in quick succession many a time much not infrequently not seldom ordinarily over and over recurrently spasmodically thick and fast very often
Antonyms
STRONGEST
rarely seldom
WEAK
infrequently not much uncommonly
ADVERB
gradually
Synonyms
STRONGEST
constantly continuously deliberately gently increasingly moderately progressively regularly steadily
WEAK
bit by bit by degrees by installments imperceptibly in small doses inch by inch little by little perceptibly piece by piece piecemeal sequentially serially step by step unhurriedly
Antonyms
WEAK
abruptly fastly intermittently suddenly
ADVERB
in turn
Synonyms
WEAK
consecutively following in order in sequence one after another orderly sequential succeeding
Antonyms
WEAK
out of turn
ADVERB
running
Synonyms
WEAK
consecutively continuously night and day together unintermittedly uninterruptedly
Antonyms
WEAK
broken intermittently occasionally
ADVERB
together
Synonyms
WEAK
consecutively continually continuously in succession night and day on end one after the other running unintermittedly without a break without interruption

Example Sentences

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The Commerce Department usually publishes three sets of quarterly GDP, each successively more accurate, but Thursday’s update—the second—will serve as the final third-quarter pass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

That success made Real the first team from any nation to lift the trophy three times successively in the Champions League era.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

Still, I wheeled around and watched a column of spirited Australians being successively and violently deposited into mud and water.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024

Pumpkins have come a long way since then, as Indigenous American communities carefully adapted the wild pumpkin into successively bigger and better-tasting varieties.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

He had been browbeaten and humiliated successively that morning by Colonel Cathcart, Colonel Korn and Corporal Whitcomb.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller